Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-12
INSURE
...,b, the President Of the First Life
'' ,..rrance Company, the Founder
Of the System.
nan who Fails to Provide for Ills
iD' Family Is Declared 10 be Worse
tiisn an Intidel.
a Policy Protecting You from
-ise - Grsat conf aerstion Which
~ MI Con,uIn- tie World.
.o.he Gazette.

'A' Unf Gon,u1n- the World.
...... to the Gazette
g.. T. E,urroNs, Aug. The Rev. I.
"a! I.!.. iTs,msae's sermon for to-day YES
an :~na-.ant subject Of 'Life s2d
Z - -..n-.sce; Inc Christian Principles
Pc 80 HIS text WIS: LET him ap-
:'..' .atcer. over the land, and take Up
-, ~ -e-. Of the land Of Egypt in the
=; -'-.,l-,eous wears. "-Ge0esis XII, 81.
~ wee the words Of Joseph, the
~. of the first life insurance com
-. ~. tae world ever saw. Pharaoh
5-esm tha. distracted rim. He
3 =. he stood on the banks Of the
-T,a. ant sax coming up GU. Of the
zen fsi, sleek, glossy cows, and
-rsr 70 browse in the thick grass.
- fr.gl,fll about that. But after
- e~,n.ag ont Of the same river, be
--!..sr cows that were
Gar-ST AND STARVED,
..-- v5-5. boxing cows that had ever
.a5r in TIE land, and in the ferocity
...--a- thew dcycured their seven fat
,zs.5rs. PnaIaoh, the KIM, sent
--s-r1 20 decipHec these midnight
,.--sfcs. Joseph made short work
and minated the seven fat COWS
:. ,s-e out II tie river are seven
-. MIN p.eu-v 20 eat, the seven ems
- -177s taLt followed them are seven
Min nothing 10 eat. "NOW," said
IN lie. S lake Cne-hfth Ct the corn
II the seven prosperous years end
ass provision for the seven years
l-, re shall be no earn crop"
:. KIM TOOK the counsel and appointed
because OF his Integrity
rr-1fc sairitedness, as the
-.isrt Of the undertaking. The
Us 7si5 oac-hIth of their income as
,-,.~ign. In all the towns and cities
i.-s land there were branch houses.
: r-es. LvD,laG life insurance com
- had millions of dollars as assets.
.1.-swliI5 ire DARK day came and the
,-,s nation would have starved If it hHd
=. -een Tor the provision they had made
ne future. Bat ucw these suffering
zs hsd nothing 10 do but 90 up and
The amount OF their life policies
-Rbe puts il 10 one snort phrase
rs tla land of Egypt there was
--s7n say this was the first life in
-;.ce company. Il was divjneiy or
Md. Il ned in il ali the advantages
re "whOle life plan" Of the "tontine
az ofthe reserved endowment plan, y
g.s. the other good plans. We are
IS. Rev. DR.. Anhate cf Lincolnshire
-sad, originated the first life insur.
III company in lG9S. No, it IS as old
So
CORN CRIBS OF EGYPT;
! r5d Himself was the author and orig
..- If that were not so | would MOI
q. -our time aud mine in Sabbath dis
s:3a e this suojeCr. | feel it is s
-.-5 vital religious, and of infinite i'm
b.. tie morals Of life and fire insurance
l-5-. len or twelve years ago there
a;3 great panic in life insurance which
aoj. Under the storm the untrust
WIZ snd bogus institutions were scat
rei, while the genuine Were tested sn(
-y established, and where does TIT
Z Insurance institution stand to-day
7I Sm0unt 0f comfort, of education
-g-3. sGd spiIi ual advantage is repre-
.:et in the simple statistic that in thi
,-gg the life insurance companies il
:, yelr plid SI0G0,C00 to the familie
lie 1eTett. and in i've years they pail
u. tl9 ID the families CT the baTeft
Il ere promising to pey-snd hoIt
:-se.Yas in readiness 10 paw
--3ld millions Of dollars 10 the fam
r Ks Of tie oerett.
-5y have actually paid out more
intends and death claims then the,
LIZ ever received IN premiums. knoy
T-s. speak. The life insurance com
Mes ct this country paid more ths
Z 1900 Of taxes 20 the government
lie years. So, instead Of these com
!ss icing indebted TO the land, tn
ii IS Indebted &c them. To cry GU
a1s, lie Insurance because here an
- one company has behaved badly
Nsur3 IS !. would be for man I
i GOWN q thousand acres OF harves
-l order 10 Kill the moies and po
lSs-as p-ep0sterOuS as q man VIII
III 1.ow u2 : crowded steamer i
~-4-anCc for the purpose CT destroy
-t osgLSc Is on the bottom Of tn
D. via. does the Bible say in reg sr
subject: If the Bible favors Il
1-,-,'Gni viii fsv9r It; if
TnG H,ELE DENoUNCRs IT,
VII aenounce it. In addition
.o'ecast Of Joseph in the text, CO
!g1T attention PaUrs compariso o,
- $ enc man who, through neglec
- % support his family while he live
..-; le dies. Here IS smother mar
A22orS The Scriptures, and rejec'
"2lc1 4 those men is the woTSG
you s'yi the latter. Paul says Il
~ faIl says that & msn VINO nee
= care Tor his household IS MOI
Il AUS ,l2u man who rejects Il
,:--SsS: ole that provideth not fl
NJ GAd especially those OF his ow
.-0-a, Is worse than 81 intl1el
-slfalce companies help nest Of l
.,,,.ue l0I our families sitter we a
u, Il we have the money to p!
h. s.lllumS snd do not pay them, '
~ 1g1t 70 expect mercy at the hal
!, - = n the Judgment. We are wor
= lem Paine, wcSGe than Vol.air
, ,oIse tasn Sh2 te;burY. The Bib
s,Ss i've are w6rse than an inhdt
b. ne certificate OF deatn has bet
~; WI SUD thirty or sixty days hs
I -, -, ala TIE officer of g life insuran
-! comes into the bereft hous
! So ~" pays down the hsrd cash on
E.r- --.s policy, that officer CT the cor
!. -, - performing positively religio
8 D. ''I1S66ulns 70 the Apostle James, W
1. 4, rue religion end undetiled /
~ Sna the Father is: To visit I
{, a1'ssS and TIC widow in their silii
+. 7o, -aG Sc on. The religion of Chri
e .S>Ss 20 take csre Of the ttmpol
n n ne people as well as The spir
: .,sn-tA Heze6iah Was Gyirg the
&c i, ~ came 10 him: "Set thy house
e b -, +5s taou s1alt die &ad not live
!. 81. iuuctloa IN our day would mea
b.. !ouE will; settle up your {
Ii. IN. MAKE tdtags plain; don't q
b, :stE nerS with rolls of worthle
~ s'0cE; don't deceive them "
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